Terms and Conditions

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Welcome to www.hobbyideas.in/artonsale This website www.hobbyideas.in/artonsale (hereinafter referred to as "AOS " or "Site" or "we" or "us") is a free platform provided by Hobby Ideas, a creative segment of Pidilite Industries Limited a company incorporated under the Companies Act, 1956 with its Registered Office at Regent Chambers, 7th Floor, 208, Jamnalal Bajaj Marg, Nariman Point, Mumbai 400 021. By visiting the Site, you accept these conditions. Please read them carefully. These ‘Conditions of Use’ constitute an electronic record within the meaning of the applicable law. This electronic record is generated by a computer system and does not require any physical or digital signature. By accessing AOS either through the Site or any other electronic device, you acknowledge, accept and agree to the following terms, which are designed to make sure that AOS works for everyone. These Conditions of Use are effective from the time you log in to AOS.

Accessing, browsing or otherwise using the Site indicates your agreement to all the terms and conditions in these Conditions of Use, so please read this agreement carefully before proceeding.

Using Art on Sale

You agree and understand that www.hobbyideas.in/artonsale is an internet enabled electronic platform that facilitates communication for the purposes of advertising and distributing information pertaining to goods / articles "content"uploaded by users. It is a free online classifieds serving as a venue to allow users to offer, sell and buy content listed on AOS. You further agree and understand that we do not endorse, market or promote any of the posting or information, nor do we at any point in time come into possession of or engage in the distribution of any of the content, you have posted or provided information about on our Site nor are we involved in any payments. As a result, you hereby acknowledge and agree that AOS is not a party to such transactions, and shall have no liability to any party in connection with such transactions. You use the Site at your own risk.

"Your Information" is defined as any information you provide during the registration or posting of creations. You agree that Your Information is true and correct, and further agree that you are solely responsible and accountable for Your Information and that we act as a mere platform for your online distribution and publication of Your Information and information about your content.

While interacting with other users on our site, with respect to any posting or information we strongly encourage you to exercise due care and reasonable diligence as an ordinary, prudent person and practice judgment and common sense before committing to or complete intended sale, purchase of any content. An Art on Sale Guide has been provided.

Eligibility

Use of www.hobbyideas.in/artonsale, by registration only, is available only to persons who are 18 years of age and above and persons who can enter into a legally binding contract, and / or are not barred by any law for the time being in force. AOS is not intended for use by children. If you are a minor i.e. under the age of 18 years, you may use the Site only with involvement of a parent or guardian. If you access / register on AOS, not as an individual but on behalf of a legal entity, you represent that you are fully authorized to do so and the posting or information placed on the Site on behalf of the legal entity is your responsibility and you agree to be accountable for the same to other users of the Site.

You shall establish and use your membership on the Site, and purchase and use the content available through the Site in strict compliance with these Conditions of Use and all applicable policies, laws, rules and regulations.

Membership

a. Establishing a Membership
You may establish membership on the Site by registering online on the Site only. At a minimum, enrolment requires you to (1) indicate agreement to these Conditions of Use; and (2) provide contact information. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password, and for restricting access to your account. We shall not be responsible for any use of your account with AOS or otherwise. You agree that having multiple accounts on the Website is a violation of these Conditions of Use and without limiting any other AOS's rights or remedies shall result in forfeiture / termination of your membership.

b. Charges
Membership on the Site is free for buyers and sellers. AOS does not charge any fee for browsing, buying and selling on the Site. AOS reserves the right to change its Fee Policy from time to time. In particular, AOS may at its sole discretion introduce new services and modify some or all of the existing services offered on the Site. In such an event, AOS reserves the right to introduce fees for the new services offered or amend/introduce fees for existing services, as the case may be. Changes to the Fee Policy shall be posted on the Site and such changes shall automatically become effective immediately after they are posted on the Site. Unless otherwise stated, all fees shall be quoted in Indian Rupees. You shall be solely responsible for compliance of all applicable laws including those in India for making payments.

c. Use of Membership
You shall not use your AOS membership for any purpose competitive to AOS. You will notify AOS immediately by emailing us at hobbyideas@pidilite.co.inof any actual or suspected unauthorized use of your AOS membership or the Site. Art on Sale is meant to promote ONLY hand-crafted products/product by the art enthusiast/s from across the country. Hence, we strongly proscribe articles/commodities being sourced and sold on this platform.

d. Membership Termination
AOS may terminate your membership and refuse any and all current or future use of the Site (1) in order to comply with applicable laws, (2) if you provide any information that AOS determines, at its sole discretion, to be untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete (or if the information becomes untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete), (3) if AOS determines, in its sole discretion, that you are using your AOS membership in a manner not permitted by or violates any provision of these Conditions of Use, or (4) in other circumstances, as AOS deems appropriate at its sole discretion.

Site access

AOS strictly prohibits any other use by the User of any content available through the Site. The User agrees that the posting and / or Information:
1. shall not be fraudulent, misrepresent, mislead or pertain to the sale of any illegal, counterfeit, stolen goods;
2. shall not pertain to content of which you the User is not the lawful owner or you do not have the authority or consent to post content which do not belong to you or you do not have the authority for;
3. shall not infringe any intellectual property, trade secret, or other proprietary right or rights of publicity or privacy of any third party;
4. shall not consist of material that is an expression of bigotry, racism, obscenity or hatred based on age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, religion, caste, class, lifestyle preference, sexual orientation and nationality and / or is in the nature of being derogatory, slanderous;
5. shall not be abusive, unlawful, threatening, harassing, blasphemous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, paedophilic, libellous, invasive of another's privacy or other rights, hateful, or in any way or otherwise unlawful in any manner whatsoever;
6. shall not be obscene, contain pornography or contain “indecent representation of women” within the meaning of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986;
7. shall not distribute or contain spam, multiple / chain letters, or pyramid schemes in any of its forms;
8. shall not distribute viruses or any other technologies that may harm AOS or the interests or property of AOS users or impose an unreasonable load on the infrastructure or interfere with the proper working of AOS;
9. shall not, directly or indirectly, offer, attempt to offer, trade or attempt to trade in any content, the dealing of which is prohibited or restricted in any manner under the provisions of any applicable law, rule, regulation or guideline for the time being in force;
10. shall not threaten the unity, integrity, defence, security or sovereignty of India, friendly relations with foreign states, or public order or causes incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence or prevents investigation of any offence or is insulting any other nation and that is either prohibited or restricted under the laws of the Republic of India; and
11. shall not include personal or identifying information about another person without that person's explicit consent;

You agree that you:
1. shall not contact any user who has asked not to be contacted, or to post / upload any content on behalf of such user to "stalk" or otherwise harass anyone;
2. make any libellous or defamatory comments or postings to or against anyone;
3. collect personal data about other users or entities for unlawful purposes; and
4. use automated means to download or scrape data from the Site.

Your activity on Art on Sale Site

You agree that if you use the Site by registering on the Site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your User ID, password, email address and for restricting access to your computer, computer system, computer network and your AOS account, and you are responsible for all activities that occur under your User ID and password.
You also hereby grant each user of AOS a non-exclusive license to access your content through the Site. The foregoing license to each user granted by you terminates once you or AOS removes or deletes such content from the Site.
You consent to receive communications by email, call, SMS or by such other mode of communication, electronic or otherwise provided by you at the time of registering on the Site.
Any content uploaded by you shall be subject to relevant laws and may be disabled, or / and may be subject to investigation under appropriate laws. Furthermore, if you are found to be in non-compliance with the laws and regulations and / or these Conditions of Use of the Site, we shall have the right to terminate your account / block your access to the Site and we reserve the right to remove any non-compliant content uploaded by you.

Abuse of AOS

You agree to inform us if you come across any posting or information or content that is offensive or violates our Conditions of Use or infringes any intellectual property rights by clicking on the following link hobbyideas@pidilite.co.in to enable us to keep the Site working efficiently and in a safe manner. We reserve the right to take down any posting or information or content and / or limit or terminate the AOS platform and further take all reasonable technical and legal steps to prevent the misuse of the Site in keeping with the letter and spirit of this Conditions of Use. In the event you encounter any problems with the use of our Site you are requested to report the problem by clicking on this link hobbyideas@pidilite.co.in

Licence

The Site contains content which includes Your Information, AOS's information and information from other users. You agree not to copy, modify or distribute such content (other than Your Information), AOS's copyrights or trademarks. When you give us any content as part of Your Information, you are granting us a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable right and license to use, reproduce, publish, translate, distribute, perform and display such content (in whole or part) worldwide through the Site as well as on any of our affiliates or partners websites, publications and mobile platform. If you believe that there is a violation, please notify us by informing us in writing at hobbyideas@pidilite.co.in.
We reserve the right to remove any content at our discretion and without providing any explanation where we have grounds for suspecting the violation of these Conditions of Use or of any party's rights.

Liability

You agree not to hold www.hobbyideas.in/artonsale or any of its directors, officers, employees, agents responsible or accountable for any of your postings or information nor shall we, our officers, employees or agents be liable for any misuse, illegal activity or third party content. We do not have any role in the creation, publication or distribution of the posting or information, nor are we in a position to have editorial control over the substance or content contained in the postings or information, save and except to the extent provided in sec 3 (d) above.
Art On Sale does not warrant, endorse, guarantee, or assume responsibility for any content advertised or offered by a third party through the Site and AOS will not be a party to or in any way be responsible for any transaction between you and / or other users and / or third-party providers of content through any medium or in any environment. User is advised to use his / her best judgment and exercise caution.
You understand and agree that we do not guarantee the accuracy or legitimacy of any posting or information or content by other users. You further agree that we are not liable for any loss of money, goodwill, or reputation, or any special, indirect, or consequential damages arising out of your use of the Site or as a result of any sale, purchase of content with other users of the Site. We also cannot guarantee continuous or secure access to the AOS platform. We do not give any warranty whether implied warranties or otherwise, of merchantability, fitness or quality of the Site or the content.

Personal Information

By using AOS, you agree to the collection, transfer, storage and use by Pidilite Industries Limited of any personal information provided by you on the Site. The data is stored and controlled on servers located in Mumbai, India. By registering on the Site, you give permission to AOS to share your personal information which can be freely accessed by anyone.

Assignment

These Conditions of Use, and any rights and licenses granted hereunder, may not be transferred or assigned by you, but may be assigned by AOS without restriction. Any assignment or transfer by you shall be null and void.

General

We may update this Conditions of Use at any time without notification immediately.

Indemnity

The User agrees to indemnify and hold AOS, its officers, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors, assigns, directors, officers, agents, service providers, suppliers and employees, harmless from any claim or demand, including reasonable attorney fees and court costs, made by any third party due to or arising out of any action of the User including but not limited to the content uploaded by the user, violation of these Conditions of Use, breach by the user of any of the representations and warranties herein, or user’s violation of any rights of another.

Governing Law & Jurisdiction

These Conditions of Use shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of India and the courts at Mumbai shall have exclusive jurisdiction on all matters and disputes arising out of and relating to the Site.

DISCLAIMER

The Site is provided on an “as is” basis without any warranties of any kind. Pidilite Industries Limited (PIL) shall not be liable or responsible for any information, content, transaction carried on using AOS. PIL expressly disclaims any and all liability whether known or unknown or otherwise with respect to the above. AOS is a platform for users to meet and exchange content at their own discretion. Users expressly exclude PIL from any consequences, direct or indirect, as a result of their association with the Site.